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GATE AGKET CAN.

No. 571,724. Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. GATES, OF MILWVAUKEE, NVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE UTILITYMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

JACKETED CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,724, dated November17, 1896.

Application filed April 12, 1895. Serial No. 54:5,442. (No model.)

To all wlwnt it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. GATES, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofW'isconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inJacketed Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

IO My invention has for its object to simplify and cheapen theproduction of jacketed cans, especially when thebodies of the latter aretapered; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts r5 hereinafter set forth with reference to theaccompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a partly-sectional elevation of oneform of a taper-body jacketed can constructed according to my invention;Fig. 2, a similar View of another form of such can, and Figs. 3 and atdetail sectional views illustrating a joint that may be substituted forothers shown in the preceding figures.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a sheet-metalcan-body; B, a woodveneer jacket for the body; O'D, sheet-metaljacket-retaining bands maintained in place by said body; E, an end piecejoined to said body, and F a wooden shield arranged to oppose the endpiece.

The can-bod y may be either straight or tapered; but my invention hasespecial value 3 5 in connection with tapered bodies because of thediiflculty experienced in forming the same with flanges of sufficientwidth to be utilized as a means for holding the jackets in place, itbeing particularly difficult, if not impossi- 40 ble, to turn such aflange from the small end of a tapered can-body without breaking themetal. As a substitute for a j acket-retaining flange at either end ofthe can-body I employ one of the above-mentioned sheet-metal retainingbands. This band embraces the jacket and is held in place by thecan-body.

It is preferable to form some kind of a joint between the can-body andeach of the jacketretaining bands, and it is also preferable to havethese bands lap adjacent edges of the jacket. In order to stiffen eachband, as well as to avoid injury to persons handling a package of whichit forms a part, the exposed edge is preferably folded or curled.

The upper jacketretaining band is herein shown joined to the upper edgeof the canbody as a result of acurling operation, and I have also shownthat the lower jacket-retaining band I) may be either curled or seamedto the corresponding edge of said can-body.

The end piece E may be secured to the canbody in many ways, and if thisend piece is to be protected by the wooden shield F, I prefor to provideit with a flange b, the latter to be joined to said can-body and curledor otherwise laid against the shield to maintain the latter in position.

In Fig. 1 I show the can-body and an endpiece flange I), joined by aninturned bead that is formed prior to an operation that may be employedto unite the can-body and adjacent jacket-retainin g band or tootherwise dispose said can-body so as to maintain said band in place. InFig. 2 I show an end-piece flange Z) beaded outward in opposition to aunion of the can-body and a jacket-retaining band in order to providefor a solder-joint, while in Figs. 3 and a I illustrate that saidend-piece flange may be folded and the fold c seamed to said can-bodyand jacket-retain- 8o ing band.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecureby Letters Patent, is

The combination of a sheet-metal can-body, 8 5 and end piece of likematerial provided with a depending intnrned flange having permanentunion with the body and serving for the retention of a shield, togetherwith sheetmetal bands each of which has an edge joined to said body butis spread away from the lat ter to embrace and confine a jacket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wis- 5 cousin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. GATES.

\Vitnesses:

E. OLIPHANT, HENRY DANKERT.

